CAISO’s issuance of energy emergency watches and alerts in July came under conditions that mirrored those during California’s September 2022 heatwave.

 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Lawrence Berkeley scientist Joseph Eto to fill a vacant seat on CAISO's five-member Board of Governors.

The CAISO Board of Governors named a new chair and vice chair from its members while thanking departing Chair Ashutosh Bhagwat for his 12 years of service.

In their last meeting of 2021, the CAISO governors elected a new chair and funded technology upgrades to settle billions of dollars in transactions annually.

CAISO's Board of Governors and the Western Energy Imbalance Market Governing Body agreed to a new split of authority in which FERC could settle disputes.